Electric motor



June18,1945. J W SUYDAM 2,402,214 A ELECTRIC MOTOR Filed Feb. 7, 1945 Patented June 18, 1946 UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 'I'. 1945, Serial No. 578.520

1 enum. co1. 11e-ss) 1 This invention relates'to electric lmotor construction oi special character. The purpose of this invention is to provide a motor having an armature and magnetic circuit composed of laminations of metal. suitably insulated when necessary. and to produce a means for obtaining an integral connection between the electrical inductors or conductors and the commutator oi the motor. Since the electrical conductors and the com mutator are in the practice of this invention stamped out of sheet metal in such a manner that a complete conductor and segment are formed from each individual stanneing. no joints between` the conductors or inductors and segments thereof are required. Reduced manufacturing costs and a generally superior method of connecting the electrical conductors together and to the commutator segments are believed practicable with this invention and type of particular construction. Further advantages result from making the oommutator of relatively thin sheet metal segments because the commutator diameter may thus be kept at a minimum for any number oi segments, thus saving weight and material and minimizing the commutation difllculties often experienced at high armature rotative speeds.

This invention is especially adapted to high speed starting and actuating motors for aircraft use, although its application may be extended to any nature of service where high speed. light weight electric motors are employed.

The special construction and disposition oi the parts of this invention is illustrated in the drawing accompanying and constituting a part of this application. Y

Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal vertical sectional vlew of Aan electric motor embodying the special features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is across section taken vertically about midway oi' the structure set out in Fig. l.

Throughout the drawing and description the same number is used to refer to the same part.

The armature is carried by the bearings 2 and It. The bearing 2 is pressed into the end bell 3 of the casing and onto the rotary shaft I. Bearing I4 is pressed into the retainer I3 and carried on the stationary shaft Il which is secured to the bell I5 of the casing by the nut Il. Retainer I3 is secured to the revoluble connecting ring I2 by screws or any other suitable means.

The laminated electric conductors or inductors 9 are usually stamped from sheet copper, and are formed with L-shaped end portions which serve to and insulated from shaft l by insulation s, and

heid by the cones 4 and 1 and the nut 6. The other ends of the laminated conductors 9 are secured usually by soldering to the connecting ring 2.

Interposed between the electrical conductor laminations are the magnetic plates I0, usually sheared from sheet steel.

It will be noted in Fig. 2 that the magnetic vane It passes through diametrically and is secured in the stationary shaft II. It will be likewise noted in Fig. 1 that the magnetic plates Ill extend to points marked i9 and 20 adjacent to the ends 23 and 24 ci' the magnetic vane I8. also shown in `Fig. 2.

No limitation is intended on the number or combinations of the electrical conductors 9 and the magnetic interposed plates I0. it being con- 25 laminations in positions and to insulate them from each other and from the revoluble shaft I and the cones 4 and l. In manufacturing this armature it may be advantageous to use a Bakelite or other plastic compound which will adequately bond the iaminations together.

The banding wire II is sometimes employed to protect the armature from undue expansion at high rotative speeds. Another method of protection against over expansion is to adherently piace a thin metal tube around the armature laminations. Peripheral slots may be cut into or through 'the tube to avoid eddy current losses therein. Brushes 25 deliver the current needed.

The necessary ileld magnets 22 are carried by the motor casing, and are presented adjacent to the outer edges of vane IB, having reference numbers 23 and 24 in Fig. 2, in order to continue strongly the magnet force of the field magnets. No limitation is intended as to the method oi' energizing the interior and exterior magnetic poles. it is held within the purview of this invention to employ either permanent magnetism or the use of field windings on any or all parts.

The operation of this motor is the sacme as that oi any electric motor, the invention herein comprising the construction and arrangement o! the parts described in this specification, and having set iorth the special structure.

I claim:

as the commutator segments 8 which are secured 55 In an electric motor construction. a casing. a

3 revoiubie shaft provided with e bearing arried by the casing, an aligned stationary shaft. e. bearing on the stationary shaft. a revolubie ring borne by the said bearing on the stationary shaft. a. piurality of sheet metal inductors arranged Batwise together forming e. hollow cylinder, plates oi magnetic material located between said inductors. the said inductors and interposed plates being separated from each other by insulating material, each oi said inductors having one end secured to said revoluble ring, each of said inductors having en L-shaped end portion constructed and ar- 4 ranged to form the commutatore! the motor and insulated from said revolubie shaft. brushes fashioned and disposed to deliver current. to the commutator formed by the end portions of said in ductors. and ield magnets carried by the casing and arranged to extend into proximity with the said inductors and a. diametric vane ot magnetic metal carried by said stationary shaft and cirranged to reeive magnetism from said field mag- JOSEPH W. SUYDAM. 

